"This was such a blow," he said of the governor's action.

"It was very unusual, almost unprecedented," Dr. Keohane said of the school's action.

"Her decision was most unfair," Dr. Kalia said of the president's action.

"This is an aberration," the lawyer said of the department's action.

"I don't agree with doing that," she said of her action.

"It was just automatic, spontaneous," she said of her action.

"We upset hundreds of trained athletes when we made the announcement," Lebow said of his action yesterday.

"That's something we simply carried along," he said of his subcommittee's action.

"The biggest surprise was that it was considered so unusual," Mr. Judd said of his action.

"She knew it was legally wrong," Mr. Carney said of her action.